Brow-bar support for goggles



Oct. 21, 1952 F. w. LINDBLOM 2,614,314

BROW-BAR SUPPORT FOR coccuzs Original Filed Oct. 15, 1948 2 SHEETS-SHEET1 I N V EN TOR.

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Oct. 21, 1952 w LINDBLQM 2,614,314

BROW-BAR SUPPORT FOR GOGGLES Original Filed 001;. 15, 1948 2SHEETS-SHEET 2 BY 614,414, flay/M A T TORNEYS Patented Oct. 21 1952BROW-BAR SUPPORT FOR GOGGLES Frank W. Lindblom, Cranston, R. I.,assignor to Welsh Manufacturing Company, a corporation of Rhode IslandOriginal application December 15, 1948, Serial No. 65,460, now PatentNo.2,507,474, dated May 9, 1950. Divided and this application April 1,1950, Serial No. 153,400

2 Claims.

. This invention is a division of my application. Serial No. 65.460,filed December 15, 19%, now Patent No. 2,507,474, granted May .9. 1950,and relates to a goggle and more particularly to that portion, of thegoggle which rests against the head of the wearer as a support for thedevice at this location.

, In the manufacture of goggles having supports of this character, thereis provided a non-metallic piece of material which is mounted upon ametal rod that e tends from one lens to the other, with thisnon-metallic material at such a location that it will engage theforehead just above the eyes of the wearer to provide a support for thegoggles should the goggles be urged toward the face of the wearer. Inorder to provide such a non-metallic support on the red, the nonmetallicsupport, if in one piece, must be positioned on the rod priorto thesoldering of the rod to each of the rims in which event the solder jointshows as the coloring of.the-metallic parts I of the goggle cannot takeplace after the nonmetallic cushion is positioned without damage to thecushion. Further, if the non-metallic parts are assembled on the barafter the parts are secured in position, the cushion must be in twoparts and along and tedious operation of mounting the cushion in placeis necessary.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a device so that allof the metallic parts may be attached and in place and then thenonmetallic cushion may be thereafter positioned while in a one-piecetubular form on the metallic rod which receives it.

Another object of this invention is to provide a method of assembly ofthe non-metallic cushion and the metallic parts of the goggle so thatthe metallic parts may be colored without the cushion in place and thecushion thereafter assembled by a very simpleoperation.

Another object of this invention is to speed up the production andreduce the cost of operation in the manufacture of goggles having thistype of equipment.

More specifically an object of this invention is to provide anon-metallic cushion which serves as a means for supporting or joiningthe parts which heretofore served as its support alone.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction as will be more fully described andparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a face view of the goggles;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof with the temples broken away;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the goggles with the non-metallic cushionremoved and illustrating in dotted lines the severing of thestock of thesupporting rod;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 showing in section a cushion beingpositioned on the supporting cushion of modified construction insection;

Fig. 10 is a viewsimilar to Fig. 9 showing the cushion beingpositionedon. thesupporting rod;

Fig. 11 isa sectional view of the cushion of,

Fig. 9 alone; U v

Fig. 12 is a section of Fig. 11 before flattened; Fig. 13 is a sectionline l3l3 of Fig. 11. c In proceeding with this invention, -I solder theends of either one or two pieces of a. metal sup--v porting rod to theupper edge of the rims ofthe goggles which is to serve as a support forthe cushion, and then the goggle is colored or plated to provide a goodfinish on the same. Thereafter, a cushion is provided with tubular ends,the rod is severed if previously in one piece to provide two bars, andthe cushion is slid onto one of the bars a sufficient extent so that theother bar may be received. The bar is then moved back into alignmentwith the other bar and the cushion then slid back over the other bar andcemented in place. Out-of-round sections are provided for preventingrotation of the cushion on the bars. With reference to Figs. 1-8 of thedrawings, 10 designates the lens rims which are joined together by thebridge H upon which arms l2 are provided for supporting nose pads l3which nose pads may be of non-metallic material. End pieces M are formedon the outer edges of the rims from which temples l5 extend rearwardly.A support for engaging the brow of the face of the wearer above the eyesis designated generally 16 and consists of a rod I! (see Fig. 3) whichis soldered or otherwise suitably secured as at ends I8 and [9 to therims I0; and the frame is then plated or colored to provide a suitablefinish; and, thereafter, the rod I1 is severed at 20 so as to provide abar 2| attached as at E8 and a bar 22 attached as at H! which barsextend toward each other and are in general alignment after severing.The location of severing will be such that the bar 22 is of a length toreceive the cushion.

i .5 A cushion formed of some non-metallic material, such as Celluloid,is available in solid rod form, designated generally 23 in Fig. 5, andmay be formed into a tube, as designated at 24 in Fig. 6, having a bore25 extending therethrough. This may be accomplished by a screw machineoperation by drilling in through the opposite ends of the rod; and,thereafter, the tube 24 will be flattened, as shown at 26 in Fig. 7, soas to provide a somewhat oval hole 21 through the same (see also Fig.8). The bars 2| and 22 or rod will be rectangular or of some shape, suchas designated 28 in Fig. 8, so that when the cushion 26 is positioned onthese bars it cannot rotate.

To assemble the cushion 26 on the structure, as described above, it ismerely necessary to raise the bar 22 outwardly from alignment with thebar 2|, as shown in Fig. 4, and slide the cushion 26 over the end of thebar 22 into a position, such as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4. Then,the bar 22 may be moved back into alignment with the bar 2| and thecushion 25 slid back over the ends of the bars 2| and 22 to the positionshown in Figs. 1 and 2 with the longest axis of the oval hole 21substantially in the plane of the rims. Cement will then be applied tomaintain the nonmetallic Celluloid cushion 26 in the position which ithas been moved to on the bars. The cushion thus serves to connect thebars together and provides its own support for the bars in maintainingthe desired rigidity of this support which may rest against the face ofthe wearer.

With reference to Figures 9 to 13, the rims l have bars 30 and 3|soldered to each of the rims as at 32 and 33, these bars being spaced aconsiderable distance between their imier ends 34. A cushion bar 36 ofthe same soft material, such as Celluloid or the like, is formedoriginally in a round shape as at 3'! in Figure 12 and had bores 38 and39 formed in its opposite ends, as shown more particularly in Figure 11to receive the ends 34 of the bars 30 and 3|. Thus, in positioning thiscushion 36 in place, it will be positioned on the bar' 30, as showninFigure and slid so that the bottom of its bore 38 will engage the endof the bar 30, the bore 38 being of such a depth that when the cushion36 is swung inwardly from the position shown in Figure 10 to that shownin Figure 9, the bar 3| may be received in the bore 39. Thus, as thecushion 39 is swung inwardly, the bar 3| is moved into the bore 39 andthe cushion adjusted on the bars 30 and 3| until it assumes a positionshown in Figure 9.

In some cases the cushion 36 instead of being cylindrical, as shown inFigure 12, may be flattened, so as to take the out-of-round shape 40, asshown in Figure 13, in which case the opening or bore will be flattenedas at 4|, and in this case the bars 30 and 3| will be of a similaroutof-round shape to fit into this bore and prevent rotation of thecushion on these bars.

I claim:

1. The method of forming a cushioned support on a goggle having twoconnected lens rims which comprises soldering a rod at it ends to saidrims and then cutting the rod intermediate its end to provide two bars,springing one bar out of line with the other and sliding a tube thereon,then aligning said bars and sliding the tube over the end of the otherbar.

2. The method of forming a cushioned support on a, goggle having twocomiected lens rims which comprises soldering a rod at its ends to saidrims and then cutting the rod intermediate its ends at one side of themiddle to provide two bars, springing the longer bar out of line withthe other and sliding a cushion tube thereon, then aligning said barsand sliding the tube over the end of the other bar.

FRANK W. LINDBLOM.

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